XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-14 06:18, c186282 wrote:   
   > On 12/13/25 15:06, rbowman wrote:   
   >> On Sat, 13 Dec 2025 07:00:19 -0500, Paul wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Usually on a clear cut lot, there are lots and lots of "stumps" and   
   >>> nobody gives a shit about those. That's why the field in that video is   
   >>> suspiciously "too good to be true". As the years pass, the stumps will   
   >>> rot and be digested like normal. It's just the stumps are a hazard right   
   >>> after a clear cut session.   
   >>   
   >> In this area, make that 'many years'. We had a bad fire in 2003 that took   
   >> some areas down to mineral soil. Long after the fire stumps were still   
   >> burning out the underground root systems. 22 years later you still   
   >> have to   
   >> be careful off trail not to step in a pit. The areas were not   
   >> replanted so   
   >> there are very few trees.   
   >   
   >    This is what happened in California ... nobody was   
   >    allowed to dig and put out the burning roots. Two   
   >    weeks later and ........   
      
   What happened?   
      
   >   
   >    Layered bureaucracy in action.   
   >   
   >    Now the b-crats have brought rebuild permits   
   >    to a virtual halt. Alas these tend to be rather   
   >    wealthy people/donors ... there WILL be some   
   >    serious consequences. Alas the 'crats themselves   
   >    don't care, they're following the rules/protocols ...   
   >   
   >> The winter after the fire I went out snowshoeing and completely lost the   
   >> trail that I had hiked often. You don't realize how much of a clue the   
   >> brush along a trail is until there isn't any. There was also a small   
   >> stretch with fairy slippers, a small orchid, that I liked as a sign of   
   >> spring. The similar looking shooting stars have returned but not the   
   >> fairy   
   >> slippers. The corms have a relationship with soil fungus and that's all   
   >> gone.   
   >>   
   >> The clear cuts here definitely don't look like a well prepared garden   
   >> plot. The technique of leaving a few seed trees wasn't effective either.   
   >> There's nothing left to shelter seedlings.   
   >>   
   >> The areas managed by the Forest Service have made out better. I've helped   
   >> mark out a few timber sales. The trees to go are sprayed blue at breast   
   >> height and the roots, the keepers orange. The lower paint is to keep   
   >> people honest since you can tell what was cut from the stump. Often   
   >> though   
   >> the sale is never bid on since selective harvesting is more expensive.   
   >   
   >    I've seen many replant areas. Yes, trees grow - but   
   >    the replanting puts them too close together. No sun   
   >    gets to the ground, it's not a complete ecosystem.   
   >    In the interim period there's a lot of soil erosion.   
   >   
      
   Here they tried putting straw on the ground to reduce erosion.   
      
   >    Some GOOD wood substitute is needed - construction grade.   
   >    Some good glue with surfactant, weeds and some bio-dust,   
   >    some hemp for tensile strength, heat press ...... CAN be   
   >    done IF anyone WANTS to.   
   >   
   >    I think olde-tyme "Resorcinol" marine glue has the best   
   >    long-term rep. It's a bit runny ... but then we'd want   
   >    it to coat and soak into the 'weed' matrix.   
   >   
      
      
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